Chapter 70-70- Record
Entering the air-raid shelter, a stale smell mixed with rust, engine oil and dust of time filled the air.
What entered Yvette and Bingyu's view was a vast, vaulted space. Its walls were made of rough concrete, mottled with water marks and peeling paint. Dozens of puppets of various shapes were scattered throughout, their metal joints creaking as they moved.
Perhaps due to their highly anthropomorphic appearance, their appearance caused quite a stir. Many puppets mistook them for divine beings sent by the Holy Temple, and awkwardly saluted them, with greetings clamoring for help. Bingyu spent a lot of time and effort to clear up the misunderstanding.
After the atmosphere quieted down, Yvette looked at Copperskin and said, "Mr. Copperskin, do you have any more information about Kukes? I'm curious about this city."
"Yes, Miss Yvette, please follow me." Copper Skin said, guiding Yvette to a dim corridor on the side of the hall.
Yvette glanced at Bingyu, who was enthusiastically telling travel stories to the puppets, and followed him alone.
This corridor is the only route in the air-raid shelter. There is a dim light bulb flickering overhead. On one side is a stone wall, and on the other side is a stone room with an iron door. It feels like a dormitory or apartment. There is no doubt that all the puppets in the entire kingdom live here.
After pushing open the iron door of a stone chamber, what came into Yvette's sight was a small room with turbid air. There were many shelves filled with books, and a lonely small white lamp on the ceiling.
"This is the kingdom's archive. All the books the citizens have collected from their explorations are here, including records of Kukes's expeditions. You can freely browse them. Just be careful not to damage them."
"Thanks."
"By the way, Miss Yvette, you and Miss Bingyu have come a long way. You wouldn't just be restocking your supplies and leaving, would you? Do you need a room for you? We have plenty of rooms here. You can stay the night as much as you want."
"Well, thank you for your help."
"Okay, okay." Tongpi's voice sounded a little happy. "I can finally do something."
After Tongpi left, Yvette, who stayed in the archive room, used wind magic to ventilate the room. After the air became fresh, she set her eyes on a series of books and paper documents next to her.
Obviously, the papers here were all dug out from the ruins. Since commercial paper has long since rotted away, the papers here have all been specially treated and have their own protective coating. They feel like plastic to the touch. Over the hundreds of years, apart from the yellowing color, they do not affect reading at all.
She skipped over some books on culture and entertainment from the period of human civilization, and immediately set her sights on the exploration records of the Puppet Kingdom itself. The words on these papers were crooked, and the outline of the Black Tide language could barely be recognized, which made Yvette a little difficult to read.
After taking a quick look, Yvette discovered that most of the records were about the early days of the kingdom, detailing daily life in no particular order, no different from a diary.
But just when she was feeling a little disappointed, a specially preserved file caught her attention. She took a look at it and was immediately surprised. It turned out to be an investigation report of a divinely blessed person.
"I'm 'Cobert Iron Blade', a junior investigator at the Kuroshio Island Holy Temple Headquarters. This is my record of the process of this investigation into Kux City."
"March 3rd, sunny. I arrived at the Kux Family in the Puppet Kingdom with my combat partner, Thunder Wolf. I met with the head of the household, Mr. Copperskin, and learned what had happened."
"According to Mr. Copperskin's description, a terrifying, deformed creature called the 'Mountain Whale' has been appearing frequently in Kukes recently. Their origin lies in the heart of Kukes, and their numbers are increasing rapidly."
"Since Kux City isn't near the sea, theoretically there shouldn't be any chance of contact with whales. I suspect there might be some mysterious whale-shaped, deformed nest master within Kux City. Using itself as a template and leveraging the mother nest's fertility, it might be able to create a similar effect. There's no shortage of precedents in the Sanctuary records."
"Because the actions of this nest owner seriously threaten the survival of the local kingdom, I have decided to work with Thunder Wolf to conduct an in-depth investigation in Kukes and eliminate the source of the danger."
"But soon, I discovered that the mystery and weirdness of Kukes City exceeded my expectations."
"During the journey into the city, I piloted the Thunder Wolf and wasn't attacked by any aberrations. This was unusual in my experience. Low-level aberrations seem to be very rare in Kux. However, in my eagerness to reach the city center, I didn't notice anything unusual and simply assumed it was due to the cold weather."
"About 30 kilometers from the city center, I encountered the first attack of a mutant. It was a first-stage humanoid mutant with obvious features, and I shouldn't have recorded it separately."
"But strangely, this humanoid aberration's combat prowess is incredibly impressive, and it can even use magical attacks. Its combat prowess is no less than any third-stage aberration, making it difficult for me to determine its true stage."
"After quickly eliminating this aberration, I increased my vigilance and continued to advance deeper with Thunder Wolf. We subsequently eliminated several lower-level aberrations with the same abnormal combat power. In an ordinary urban area, this is equivalent to several nest masters."
"Then, I continued to go deeper, and about 10 kilometers away from the city center, I encountered a mysterious woman."
"That woman is undoubtedly a humanoid aberration, resembling a cross between a human girl and a spider. She possesses six red eyes and eight spider legs on her back. Strangely enough, she's dressed in human clothing, just like me, and her behavior is completely different from that of a typical aberration. If it weren't for the conspicuous eight spider legs on her back, I might have mistaken her Creator for a resurrection."
"What's even more incredible is that this Spider Woman's combat power is astonishingly strong. In just one encounter, she used a black energy attack to shatter the Thunder Wolf's defense barrier and blasted us all into the ground. Judging from this, she is at least a Level 5 Abnormalist, worthy of being included in her own number."
"Due to the disparity in combat power, after crashing into the city ruins, Thunder Wolf chose to eject me and stay behind to cover our retreat. I didn't reject his proposal because someone had to bring back information about this aberration. Furthermore, Thunder Wolf and I both suspected that this spider woman wasn't the master of Kux's nest, and that there might be even more terrifying secrets hidden within the city."
"Since then, I've been recuperating in the local kingdom for a while and have conducted several outlying explorations, but I haven't seen any traces of Thunder Wolf. He's probably really dead."
…
After reading the handwritten document of the mission report, Yvette's eyes narrowed slightly.
She was quite wary of the God-Blessed Ones, especially the magical mechas that partnered with them. Firstly, using the Black Eyes ability on them would be a complete loss. Secondly, they were probably wearing military-grade combat equipment, and she didn't know if she could win if she used only magic abilities to fight.
And right now, there's a super-deformed form of a mecha that could easily kill a Divine Grace and his partner in seconds? And it's estimated to be at the fifth stage or higher?
She hasn't even seen a fourth-stage aberration yet. Is she going to jump to the fifth stage so soon?
Judging from the exaggerated descriptions of the opponent's instantaneous defeat of the Divine Grace and the Magical Mecha, it doesn't seem like she can definitely win even if she uses her Black Eyes ability...
Putting the documents down, Yvette hesitated. Her purpose in traveling, besides finding an apprentice, was to devour aberrations and accumulate more aberration magic. Kux's strange situation gave her a feeling that she had to act ruthlessly. Rather than delving into the city's secrets, skipping this place and heading to the next one would be more in line with her safe and stable upgrade strategy.
After all, she can't die and has a long life to live, so why not just be cautious and take risks?
but……
When she thought about her student who had become the strongest person in the world and disappeared in the end place, she felt that it would be a good idea to work harder. If she was too lazy, she, as a teacher, would be unable to help her student if he encountered danger.
Then I will live here for a while, and while ensuring safety, I will slowly and thoroughly investigate, and perhaps I can find the root cause of the excessive number of Cooks' deformed individuals... She made the decision silently.
(End of this chapter)
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